hampton joins us with more on that. good morning. >> it's a short trading day with markets scheduled to close a little over an hour from now. the dow is up about 50 points and the s&p up five. all eyes on the retailers and more than a dozen retailers opened on with plans to stay open through black friday. macy's wal-mart and best buy were among the early winners. whether the store traffic or online. wal-mart is out with what it calls the record breaking black friday results saying they served more than 22 million customers on thanksgiving day including more than 10 million registered transactions. television and tablets were the big sellers. it wasn't all smooth sailing. there were problems with the website and some could not get to the check out page. wal-mart said they were isola d isolated. early returns however on how the holiday season is starting out for those who opted to get shopping done from the comfort of their couch. as of 9:00 p.m., online thanksgiving sales were up more than 11% and mobile traffic up 31% a